The area of the triangle formed by the tangent and the normal drawn at $(1, \sqrt{3})$ to the circle $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ and the positive $x$-axis is:

  • A
    $2\sqrt{3}$
  • B
    $\sqrt{3}$
  • C
    $4\sqrt{3}$
  • D
    None of these

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